The Long Haul

I was still kind of reeling from just the ambiguity of it all.

Felt like I was a little kid coming up to a cashier for something specific but having no clue how to describe it either - so a bit of grunting and some arm-flailing was the best I got to somehow make things make sense.

Alas, Sera over here wasn't being paid minimum wage to tolerate my shenanigans with a serving, hospitable smile. Quite the opposite, really… and it was only through the miracle of goodwill that I haven't yet been snarled out of the room.

Better I splurge as much as I could of it before it all shrivels up - patience was never her strong suit, after all. 

"Just to be upfront, it won't just be for a little while either," I said, loosely parroting what little I was told. "Might take a few days, she said. Also means you'll have to stay over at her place throughout the duration."